The South African Police Service confirmed the dismissal of Major-General Feroz Khan on 2 September 2026, after he failed to appear before the designated senior officer handling his disciplinary process. SAPS said Khan was deemed dismissed in terms of Regulation 9(7)(b) of the SAPS Discipline Regulations.
National police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said the service would not tolerate misconduct at any level. “No member, regardless of rank or position, is above the law or the applicable disciplinary framework,” Mathe said, speaking in a SAPS statement quoted by SABC News.
The dismissal came one day after the Labour Court struck Khan’s urgent application to halt the disciplinary process off the roll. Judge Connie Prinsloo ruled on 1 September 2026 that the court lacked jurisdiction and, alternatively, that the matter was not urgent. She ordered the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, which represented Khan, to pay SAPS’s legal costs, according to The Mercury.
Khan’s troubles extend beyond the internal disciplinary process. He was arrested in May 2026 alongside Gauteng Hawks head Major-General Ebrahim Kadwa and Durban businessman Tariq Downes on charges including defeating or obstructing the course of justice and contraventions of the Precious Metals Act, as reported by IOL. The trio was released on R20,000 bail in June 2026 at Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court, according to Business Day.
On 28 June 2026, Khan was shot in Houghton, Johannesburg, in what media reports described as an assassination attempt. The shooting occurred while Khan was scheduled to testify before the Madlanga Commission, according to Nova News.
The Madlanga Commission’s website states that Khan failed to appear in the separate precious-metals criminal matter on 14 July 2026. A warrant for his arrest was issued but stayed until 2 September 2026 because of his medical condition.
Khan’s legal representative was reported to have disputed that he had already been dismissed before the SAPS confirmation, according to the research brief. This claim could not be independently verified by Cape Flats News journalists, who were not at the scene and are relying on reporting by SABC News, News24, The Mercury, IOL, and Business Day.
The exact nature of the disciplinary charges against Khan and the findings that led to his dismissal have not been independently confirmed in the supplied source material. What remains unknown is whether Khan will challenge the dismissal in a higher court and whether the criminal case involving Khan, Kadwa, and Downes will proceed on schedule. Cape Flats News journalist Nadia Adams will check court listings for the next appearance date in the precious-metals matter by 9 September 2026.